Manifolding-book.



B. c. MAXWELL.

MANIFOLDING BOOK.

APPLIOATION rum) 1130. 21. 1907.

. Patented NOV. 5, 1912.

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OHIO, ASSIGNOB 'LO JULIUS WHITING, 3B,, TRUSTEE,

0F CAN'EON, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application nee December 21, 1907. Serial No. 40?,590.

Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

of Ohio, have invented certain new and use ful improvements in Manifolding-"Books, of

which the following is o specification, reference being hod therein to the occompeny ing d 'ewings. V

This invention relates to that class of counter soles books in which o. separate book is given to each customer, preferably to be retained by him, end presented whenever he makes s purchase. With this class of-books itis customary to write theorder upon an original slip or leaf andto produce by monii'clding sheet or otherwise a, duplicate of th order upononother slip or leaf, one of sai slips being allowed to remain in the book, while the other one is detached for filing by the merchant, or cusgo ner, es the case me be.

' he invention has for its object to improve in severel srticulars to :bgfpointed out, books of this .'nd.. 4

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of'a'book embodying my invention, closed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the some, open, some ofthe leaves being turned back to expose the transfer sheet. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the -'book repnesenting the parts arranged for use, an original slip being exposed and shown as being filled in with an order. Fig. 4 is a. perspective view showing some of the leaves of the bdok raised or separated one from the other, to-better illustrate iheflc0nstruction.

Reierring to the drawings-Q; re resents e suiteblebcck or beseior the pa of slips which constitute'ithe book. The sheets irom which the sets ofi original and duplicate slips are formed are preferably united -to united thereto, the cover being preferably.

' such other end to the back, as indicated at 3.

A'cover 41 s suitably-secured t9 the back, edjccent to the ends where the sheets are integral .or formed of the some piece of bacterial es is thebock and being arranged to field over the ad of slips, as indicated in Fig, 1. Along t e free end of the beck 2 is of the back, or in any suitable manner, stiiiens the back along its exposed edge,

protects the manifold sheet 6, one end of which is suitably secured to the back adscenh to this ridge, and serves to protect co the free ends of the unused slips in the pad. ltelso provides an edge over which the duplicete slips may be drawn and detached. or severed from the original slips.

The' ad is formed of a series of superposed olded sheets. The two parts of the folded sheets are of unequal length, the longer part '2 being used as the original slip, and left in the book, While the shorter portion 8 serves as the duplicate slip and is adapted to be detached. .Each sheet is folded along a trensverseline 9,-and a little in advance of this line,th et is, toward the free end of the sheet, it is weakened by scoring ore lineof perforations, as represented at 10. It is along this letter line that the two ports oi thesheet, the original andthe dupl-lcate, are separated. As stated, the two parts of each folded sheet are of unequal length, the duplicate section being the shorter, so that :2 portion of the original section entends'beyond the free end of the duplicste. @he sheets are folded so that the shorter duplicate slips 8 lie uppermostin each set of slips, and thcportions of the original slipsthat extend beyond the free ends 0% the duplicate slips are suitably at- .toched to the back.

cote slip and the exposed part of the original slip next below it. The original slip next to bofilled in, end from which the duplicate slip has been removed, lies upon the transfer sheet, as indicated in Fig. 3, when the parts are erronged for use.

The main body' of the original slip, the port that overlies the duplicate slip, is arranged to receive entries made when a sales order is given, with the amounts charged thereior. Upon the lower portions of the 4 original slips extending beyond the free end of the duplicate slip are spaces, a, a, opposite to which may be printed the words Amount forwarded or Balance due,

the amount set down opposite the several his The transfer or manifolding sheet 6 is oi: e length to lie over the upper exposed dupli- 90 to be carried forward to the next slip, is not items. He inserts in the space 6 the amount, over portion by a weakened line parallel to if any, which has been broughtforward from the last used slip and appears in one of the spaces a, a, ,on the original slip. He then strikes a balance and sets the total obtained in a suitable space 0 provided therefor. This total amount, which is the balance due on theaccount, and the amount only entered upon the main body portion of the original slip at c, and hence appears upon the duplicate'slip, but is also set down in one of the spaces a, a, providedtherefor in the extended portion of the original-slip;

This latter entry is transferred by the mamfolding sheet, not to the duplicate slip, but to the extended portion of the next following original slip. v p

The original slip in-use having thus been filled up and all entries properly made, it is folded over upon the cov'er, as indicated in Fig. 2.' The exposed corner 11 of the duplicate slip next below the transfer sheet, the latter being cut away for the purpose, is then grasped and drawn forward and out from under the transfer sheet. The duplicate slip is now ex osed, thrown back and is torn off along t e line 10, the ridge 5 being used to assist in this operation. This leaves the next unused original slip, which was simultaneously drawn with said duplicate slip from beneath the manifold sheet, exposed and in position to receive the next order. i

The flap portions 12 of the'original slips from which the duplicate slips are detached,

- being the parts of. the sheets between the folds 9 and the lines of perforations or scoring 10, extend beyond the cover 4: when the book 1s-closed, as indicated in Fig. 1, and form a ready means by which the book may be opened to exactly the place of use for making the next entry.

The perforating of the sheets of paper on a transverse line parallel to and adjacent to the line on which each sheet of paper is folded, facilitates-the opening of the book at the desired and proper place to expose theuppermost unused original slip as when the used slips which are to be removed from the I, book, are detached along said perforated lines, the free ends of the'used slips which remain in the book at once indicate and markthe point at which the book should be opened, and these free ends may be readily grasped for the, purpose ofo'pening the book at that point.

I claim- 1. In a manifolding ad, the combination of a plurality of sets 0 original and dupli cate slips, the original slip of each set being folded on a transverse line intermediate its ends to have a relatively short folded-over portion at one end and the duplicate slip of the set being connected to said foldedslipsare detached. r 2. In. a manifolding. pad,- the combination the line of fold, means for connecting tomeans for transferring a record Written. on an ori inal slip to the duplicate slip next beneatli of a plurality of-sets of slips one slip of vgether the said original slips atthatend 1 1 opposite to their folded-overportions,and

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it, the folded over portions being arranged to be unfolded-when the duplicate each set being-folded on a transverse line intermediate its endsto form a. relatively short folded-over section at one end and the other slip of the set being connected to said folded-over section by a weakened'llne arallel to the line of fold, the opposite en of the first 'mentioned slip of thelset being extended beyond the free 'end of the other slip of these't, means for connecting the extended ends of the extended slips together,

and a suitable medium for transferring a 1 record written on the extended slip to the duplicate slip next beneath it, the said transfer medium being extended beyond the free end of the latter slip for ransferring a rec- 0rd to the extended slip of the next set of slips beneath it. i

3. In a manifolding pad, the combination of a plurality ofsets of original and duplicate slips each-formed from a sheet of paper of the .same width from end to .end, the original slip of each set being folded transversely intermediate its ends to form a relatively short folded-over portion and the duplicate slip of the set being connectwritten on an original slip to the duplicate slips attached at one end to. said back, each of said original slips being foldedhon a transverse line to have a relatively short folded-over portion at its end oppositeto the one at which it is attached to said back, duplicate slips, each connected by a weakened line to the relatively short folded-over portion of one of the original slips, a transfer sheet attached to said back and arranged slip next beneath it,-a cover. for the pad folded over upon it from theend to which said original slips are attached, said cover being of less. length thanthe length of said original slips whenunfolded, and a ridge arranged transyersely across the'free edge of.thelback-gn'd"against which a pair. of

between. an original slip and the duplicate connected originaland duplicate slips may "be pressed for the-purpose of severing them. 5. In a manifoldin .-b ook, the combination of a suitable bac a series oforiginal 5 slips attached at one end to said back, each ,of said original slips. being folded on a transverse line to have a relatively --short folded-over portion at its and opposite to the one at which it is attached to the back, 10 duplicate slips each connected b a weakened line to the relativelyshort olded over edge of the back and against Whicha pair of connected original and duplicate slips may 15 be ressed for the. purpose of severing them.

testimony whereof I affix my signature, presence'of two Witnesses. BERT G. MAXWELL.

v Witnesses:

a .BERTHA OBRINGER, CHAs. Mi BALL.

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